{"id":4863,"date":"2016-12-01T07:38:03","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T15:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/?p=4863"},"modified":"2016-11-29T11:39:17","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T19:39:17","slug":"link-adoptive-dad-abused-years-social-workers-ignored-complaints-hes-gay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2016\/12\/01\/link-adoptive-dad-abused-years-social-workers-ignored-complaints-hes-gay\/","title":{"rendered":"Link &#8211; My adoptive dad abused me for years but social workers ignored my complaints because he&#8217;s gay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2331,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.dailymail.co.uk\\\/news\\\/article-2300779\\\/My-adoptive-dad-abused-years-social-workers-ignored-complaints-hes-gay.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250911162020\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.dailymail.co.uk\\\/news\\\/article-2300779\\\/My-adoptive-dad-abused-years-social-workers-ignored-complaints-hes-gay.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-02 09:45:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-30 02:31:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-20 08:55:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-28 10:23:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-28 10:23:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>Mr Cannon said: \u2018I believe if my adoptive dad was in a heterosexual relationship then my complaints would have been listened to earlier.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It seems the council didn\u2019t want to be seen as victimising gay people \u2013 they would rather look politically correct and let them get away with it to avoid any repercussions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ultimately, this is the danger of thinking we know what &#8220;type&#8221; of person abuses children. No, child abusers come in all forms, men, women, straight, gay, white, black, and every other type of person you want to name. 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